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IJGlobal League Tables FY 2023 – steady as you go

IJGlobal today publishes the infrastructure finance league tables for the 2023 full year which achieved something close to stability when held against the previous 2 years of activity

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  • Corporate Finance Outlook 2013

    So far this year corporate finance has been dominated by two huge deals that have caused a massive, but perhaps misleading, surge in overall volume figures. This fact notwithstanding, the year has also revealed some interesting trends, with a promising pipeline of oil & gas transactions in the US and intriguing opportunities in European renewables.

  • IJ Global PF Infrastructure Review H1 2013: Executive Summary

    So far 2013 has been a mixed bag for project finance: whilst the overall volume of global investment has increased to the highest levels since H1 2008, deal activity has slumped again, falling to 199, down from 230 over the same period last year

  • IJ Global PF Infrastructure Review H1 2013: Sectors

    2013 has been a mixed bag across project finance sectors. Some, like Oil and Gas and Power performed well, whereas others, like Transport and Renewables have struggled when compared to the same period last year. All in all, although the increase in deal value should be cause for optimism, the falling deal count shows pipelines are not yet replenished,

  • Africa & Middle East Outlook 2013

    Africa & the Middle East offers vast potential for infrastructure development and project finance investment, however this potential is still yet to be fully unleashed.

  • European Infrastructure Outlook 2013

    In 2012 European infrastructure investment suffered significantly from the region’s deteriorated economic situation

  • Equity Outlook 2012

    Overall the total direct equity invested into project finance transactions in 2012 fell to around US$31 billion, down from US$44 billion the year before. Within that only tax equities recorded a rise, with cash equity declining by 15 per cent, grants by a massive 99 per cent and equity bridge loans decreasing by 48 per cent.

  • Global infrastructure markets have suffered since the onset of the financial crisis, witnessing a fall in the number of closed deals and a concomitant slump in the associated capital financing of projects. This downward trend has seen infrastructure demand outstrip capital supply, a funding gap that continues to increase. Whilst the OECD may estimate that the world needs US$50 trillion of global i

  • The landscape of debt funding (bank loans, bonds, IFI loans, government support, ECA financing), the traditional source of funding of infrastructure projects, is changing; the current economic climate coupled with new regulatory initiatives affecting the ways banks lend and capital markets operate.

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